State of Health Podcast #9: End of life decision - Do Not Resuscitate Order with Dr. Carly Willemsma

On this episode of the podcast, I am joined by my wife Doctor Carly Willemsma. We had a brief discussion about the all important end of life decision whether to get resuscitated and what to take into consideration if you want a Do Not Resuscitate order. Dr Willemsma did a great job sharing her knowledge and experience about the topic and I am certain you will find value from listening to this episode.

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Time codes

0:00 - Intro

1:09 - Start of episode

2:10 - Adrenaline of working in the Emergency Department

3:18 - Frequency of trauma cases in the Emergency Department

4:19 - Running a code 

6:11 - Context about success with resuscitation of patients

9:20 - Would you ever not want to receive resuscitation

13:38 - Why everyone should think ahead about resuscitation

15:28 - What is the quality of life that you are willing to continue with?

17:27 - Different levels of medical intervention and DNR orders

20:01 - Negative connotation of Do Not Resuscitate label

22:42 - Allow Natural Death, replacement for DNR

25:12 - How to ensure your DNR order is followed

28:35 - Outro

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